Principal parts
- How many principal parts does a regular Latin verb have?
- Which principal parts are finite verb forms? What person and number is used for these principal parts?
- The verb interficiō “to kill” is actually a compound of the verb faciō. (Compare the way English can create phrasal verbs: “do away with” someone does not mean the same thing as “do” something!) Compare the principal parts of faciō and interficiō. Which parts are identical to prefixing inter- to a form of facio? What changes in the other forms?
Memorize the principal parts of the verbs in the vocabulary list for unit 1, then answer the following questions.
- name two verbs belonging to the fourth conjugation. How regular are their principal parts?
- compare the principal parts of the verbs capiō “to seize” and facio “to do, make”. How are the changes in their principal parts similar?